4. Choosing Kindness
Why can’t every decision be made through humanity and kindness. It sounds simple, yes? Perhaps too simple.
3. Why Leaders Need to Demonstrate Kindness
Kindness—or more often, the absence of it—shows up everywhere. In families. In workplaces. In public life. Its absence palpable in times of uncertainty.
My Beloved Australia Has Become Confusing
This essay reflects on a year that unsettled my understanding of Australia — from Gaza to Bondi — and asks what happens to social cohesion when grief is politicised, institutions fall silent, and civic debate becomes harder to sustain.
2. The Magic of Kindness
After the lockdowns, the world didn’t get kinder. That surprised me. I had imagined people returning to public spaces with newfound grace— soft eyes behind lifted masks, hands reaching for one another with the quiet understanding that we’d made it.
My Best Friend Flo
I call her Flo. Not out of familiarity or irreverence, but because over time she stopped feeling like an author I read and began to feel like someone I returned to. A steady voice on the shelf. A companionable presence rather than a doctrine.